Chinese soldiers have trouble fitting in tanks
Today's Chinese soldiers are taller and much heavier, than those of previous generations, and consequently they feel constricted within the tanks designed three decades ago.
A recent research showed that Chinese soldiers are nowadays taller by two centimeters compared with the soldiers 20 years ago.
And as a result of this, soldiers have trouble fitting in some tanks, which were designed 30 years ago for shorter men.
Moreover, they are facing problems with their weight too.
The result of this survey, carried out in 2009 on a sample of at least 20,000 soldiers, shows that new military equipment is needed.